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SOUP-HOUSES

... SoupP-HousEs. A;I ANALA BER AkA^ * ~~SO UP-HO USES. A meeting which ha4 been convened by the Mayor, was heldin the Towf-hail on Frday last, to take into consideation the distressed situation of the poprin this place, when it was agreed upon to open soup shops in difizeot parts of the town, as in fanner yes. A sub- sciption was immediately entered into for the purpose of effectng this ...

Published: Friday 07 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1238 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION

... THE ARCTIO LAND EXPEDITION. A letter has been received from one of the officers on the expedition now travelling in the interior of North America It contains an account of the voyage of the party to York Factory, a settlement of the udson'shbay I Company, on the west side of Hudson's-bay, lat. s-. is. where they arrived On the 31st of August, after bein involvedd for some time, in a field of ...

Published: Friday 07 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 766 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

LIGHT IN BARDSEY ISLAND

... I GEnTLEMEN, - - PI * The resolutions which have ?? mnf the pub- lic prints, Purportiir'-*7te-ihose ado at a meeting re oe ihe merclpnts, and ship-owners of LivErpool, held at the Guildhalt, on the 17th ultimo, for the purpose of es taking into consideration the expediency of promoting the establishment of a liht-house on Bardsey Islit , c must plead my apology for thus obtruding myself on ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2005 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

Original

... ovigittal. To tle EDITORSof thLiverpI MEBRCRY. HavingabIgh opiion of your judgment and of your truly respectable correspondents, I'beg leave to en- close a copy of a poem, ,isith obtained, for .Zf*lend, theo rize at one of -our St elassical scheols. By in- serting it in one or other of. your valuable depositories (for criticism) you ?? Your obedt. Servt. INDiGATOR. THE DEATH OF SOPHONISBA. On ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1355 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

[ill]

... POMPEII. The following is an extract of a letter from a young gentleman of this town, who has visited the ruins of Pompeii- This city is situated about a quarter of a mile from the mouth of the crater. We entered the ruins through a gate by the road side, into a barrack-yard; and which appeared to have been a fortress, and was, no doubt, at one period of time, contiguous to the Mediterranean ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 809 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE ANSWER OF MR. HOBHOUSE TO THE LIVERPOOL ADDRESS

... f To the Meeting assembled at Liverpool, on Dec.27, 1819, If to protest against summary Commitment by the House - of Common07s. Y Newgate, Jan. 6, 1s20. .e GEsTLrnsEN,-The address with which you have L honoured me has been forwarded to me by Colonel Wil- liams, your worthy Chairman. To find among the sig- 3, natures affixed to that paper, so many names dear to freedom, cannot but be a source ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 868 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE NEW YEAR.—The parliament having completed the objects, for which it was assembled somewhat

... FRIYbe JNtrpoUAR 1fer 180. FRIDAY, JANUARY'14,18-20. THE -NEW YEAR.,-The parliament having comple- I -ted the objects, for which it was assembled. somewhat I tid 1C Ol;UJCW~s flit wWIL1 St. n W uvwD~_~ before the usual period of its session, hag adjourned for the term of six weeks, leaving the nation to commence b thli new year under circumstances that are new, indeed d tD-lnglishmen. The ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2534 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

... SCHOOL FOR. THE BLIND. ine __ s1es The annual meeting of the subscribers to-this institu- in. tion was held on Friday, and was more numerously for attended than usual, owing to an expectation that some proceedings would probably take place, respecting the ber tendency of a sermon lately preached by the clergynian bes of' the church attached to this charity. The aversion I at which was felt by ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1513 | Page: Page 7, 8 | Tags: News 

AUTOMATON CHESS-PLAYER

... AUTOMATON CHESS&PL4YEL (Cetbrdfres ri. F ILETTEB V.. Sept. 21st. l To what height will the spirit of invention next take 1 l its flight! is it possible to conceive a bolder idea than r this I will meake a figure of wood that shall play at rchfess; further reflection but adds to my astonishment, and I aml persuaded, that you will experience the same l1 surprise. The~Automaton of Mr. De Kempelen ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1718 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

To Dr. CROMPTON, Mr. OTTIWELL WOOD, And certain Others

... 0To D. CROMPTON, Mr. OT'IFWELL WFOOD, And cc'taiqz Ohers. d GES-TLEMIEK, r As your signatures are affixed to a letter, addressed if to the Committee of the School for the Blind, in the pre- d amble of which you accuse me of having prostituted ,ethe pulpit ; I find that the tenets which I have incul- , cated in the discearge of my ministerial function, have r, excited your indignation ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 936 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

News, Foreign & Domestic

... vefico esrtign Im Irdoaed.-The Clhairmnan of the Catholic meeting Ce lately held in the Nete Chapel, Marlborough-street, in transmitting the resolutions and petition, agreed to at that meeting, to the Rignt Hon. Henry Grattan, has the following paragraph in his letter:-oga A singelzr con- cerrels. of eCircumsetances, which, though swe ?? an laent, -we cannot but duly estimate- its, bearings, ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1319 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

Naval Intelligence

... ?? e Rabat ?? ATROCIOUS PIRACY. The following is an extract of a letter, dated Port-! au-Prince, Nov. i0. 1819:. A recent and most flagrant act of piracy has been committed on this coast, on board the brig Nepmune,: Captain Anderson, from Liverpool. From the informa- ; tion afforded me by Mr. Lloyd, who was on board at j the time,4 and had the charge of the cargo, I send you the following ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1820
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1373 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News